

After a decade of operations, Lumitel has become the leading telecommunications provider in Burundi and one of the largest contributors to the Burundian government's budget, providing stable employment for over 60,000 workers and indirectly creating around 100,000 jobs.
This robust performance, representing an additional 12 billion USD compared to the same period last year, underscores trade's resilience amid global economic uncertainties.
To further develop the Vietnam-Belarus economic and trade relationship, it is essential to enhance trade promotion and investment initiatives such as trade fairs, forums, thematic workshops, and trade connections, which serve as an important bridge for businesses from both sides to meet, connect, and seek cooperation opportunities.
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,854 VND/USD on April 3, up 3 VND from the previous day.
Vice Governor of Savannakhet Saensak Soulisak highlighted the exhibition’s role in expanding trade collaboration, enabling businesses to connect, share experience, and explore investment prospects. He also noted its significance in promoting local products to a wider market.
Industry insiders pointed to stable raw material prices and a strategic shift towards higher-value processed products as key factors underpinning the strong performance of the two top earners -shrimp and tra fish.
The decision, signed on March 31, sets the maximum retail electricity price at 2,444.09 VND per kWh (0,095 USD), while the minimum price is set at 1,826.22 VND per kWh.
This year’s edition, themed “Step together in a digitised world,” has attracted around 400 businesses from 18 countries and territories, with over 500 booths. Alongside traditional networking, it introduces online business-to-business (B2B) matching, enabling year-round connections.
It must fully unleash the productive capacity and resources of the country through the private sector; mobilise all private resources for national development; harness the effectiveness of internal forces, including human, natural resources, history, and culture, while effectively combining them with external resources such as capital, technology, human resources, and management experience, he said.
The annual business dialogue in Cambodia attracted around 150 delegates, including Vietnamese businesses and Vietnamese-origin companies operating in Cambodia across various sectors such as finance, banking, insurance, telecommunications, agriculture, construction, interior design, food services, transportation, logistics, trade, healthcare, and tourism.
Addressing the event, Cuban Ambassador Rogelio Polanco Fuentes affirmed that Cuba will always stand alongside the Vietnamese Government and business community in their efforts to achieve the challenging target socio-economic goals.
By the end of 2024, the RoK had invested in 285 projects in Da Nang, with a total registered capital of 382 million USD, ranking among the top five foreign investors in the city.
These auctions raised an impressive 65.3 trillion VND (over 2.5 billion USD), an 124% increase compared to February, signaling strong investor confidence in the country's financial stability.
With the Politburo set to issue a dedicated resolution on the private economic sector, there should be a reformed approach to action plans, according to Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of Head of its Commission for Policies and Strategies Tran Luu Quang.
Over half of Vietnam's nearly 100 million population being gamers and the country's competitive labour costs are among reasons for Korean gaming firms' expanding presence in Vietnam.
To regulate the market, the CAAV has taken measures to balance supply and demand on domestic routes and support airlines in enhancing their operational capacity.
The quick response from Vietnam has won approval from industry leaders, with some considering the tax cuts as a "swift, positive, and timely" move that showcases Vietnam’s goodwill.
Vietnam Airlines launched its direct UK route in 2011, initially operating from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) before transitioning to Heathrow in 2015, improving connectivity to one of the UK’s major international hubs./.
Nguyen Dinh Tung, CEO of Vina T&T Import Export Service Trading Co. Ltd., stressed that tougher technical barriers in global markets are creating a level playing field, compelling exporters to prioritise quality and compliance.
The seminar, titled “Vietnam - India Collaboration in Cross-border E-commerce,” looked into both opportunities and challenges for Vietnam-India e-commerce cooperation.